Due to its proximity to London there are a great many commuter villages in Surrey, the population density is very high and the denizens of the county are more affluent, on average, than other UK citizens.

The county council offices at County Hall are currently located in Kingston upon Thames which is not in Surrey. Periodically plans to move the offices to Guildford are raised but have not yet come to fruition.

In fact, many former Surrey towns and villages, such as Kingston upon Thames itself, Richmond, and Croydon are now incorporated in the Greater London area.

Much of Surrey is in the Green Belt and, since the soil is very sandy and agriculture not intensive, there are a large number of footpaths[?], bridlepaths[?] and commons or Access lands[?]. Therefore Surrey provides much in the way of rural leisure activities, the Horse population being very large.